The Portland daily press., 1887-02-09
the WHITE RIVER DISASTER.
continuation of the Investigation ~
the Accident.
complaints Of People who Claim ..
Being Treated With Neglect.
"a''road efficiaIs Endeavoring to Set
"e WIN tns Injured Persons.

a9'oi continued today at White River I,r
.ion' baggage Master Cole of the wreck,
Q train said: "i00A'
Inc hrst lntimation Of trouble was
should Judge, at the end Of the bridge. whe,
tnere was sharp shock. My theory Il m,
sne hrst passenger car was off the track h,
lore reaching the bridge, but because Of N
frozen ground ran smoothly till the bridg
was reached, when the dropping of ithe pa.
senger ears on the bridge depressed the conn
ier Of that car, letting them apart. Then al
the following cars ran on to the bridge an,
off the track. '''
Ihere were three more identifcations A
dead bodies today. They were:
George J: Bell, Bellows Falls. Vermont
frances Flynn, Worcester, Mass.
Lewis b; James, New Haven, Conn.
| a. me total number on the train as shown b,,
tne evidence from all sources. WIS "a incing
ny employees. Thirty-four are Known to no
uSad ana twelve known to have gone home
| Mllch with 80 wounded leaves TODAY onIv
| all have been Identified. III
People who have come to the GENE In saorot.
"a Vi lost friends and relatives Complain that
Isnsy are treated with marked ieglect and IN
ulnerence by those who have haree nf tho
WIFI HTIgue ue IA tnat place; that thg are put OF
NASuOCo1 anu LUI overturned fo
settlement Of damages are nred nnon tha dor
pIlOr 70 their being able to accomplish rbeir
mission And they say the blurred snrvi,lora
are being persisteDtly annoed with imnoro iolo
Sone ~ l1r tb early settlementof their claims
1oiae sle " tne Survivors say nat the LAWYER ~ /
tne interests of the rairoaf who IL in cIara ~
,'rdI ~ .ne injured a. Pease hoel, Hartford. hss
ufeed upon those In his charge the ,pronrietT
oi at once adjusting theirlegal clains.l
The Official Ines tieatlor
In the heatng before the commissioners
tIy pIuay Englrer Fierce Tas recalled. He said
tnat Deeaus OF havingonly part Of tbe tra,,. traru
Win i',n the eglne the brkes were not so effect.
A. @. Ban, roadmsster OF the Central W.
mont roa, testified / have been In fha a.,. ot-
pIoy OF ne road 22years, IA as rOadmasfar
anu \ ~ nay charge q 2i7 miles Of road. When,
uIst ,anheQ OF the accident. | got ayes ~
pals, ars, etc took train and vent 20 tL, wi
wreclas sooPas possible. found one ~ ~ sn'1 pa
man ing oE the Ice. with 40 one near III tn
L sen ner With men to a house near "I be
ssso Sc oSes seenee wee,t for Prpey to attenSer ee
ear ne e"sr 1 besrd enow any one to Come ,os
geAasa Sa. few, among thenfse car, apd there tina
10 soon died. We went wittantn Bangs. sta
unded to West Hartford, with the or Six
! I baggage car. l found places at theglAe ted
= I eaSSMnerS N III 1or tne wounded. | had 81 tod
IN pack TO the junction to get a wreck car Ne
l all appliances which had come up bv the 90
le returned from West Hartford. / Spent er
i ti1e aea wholly n caring for the wounded, re
,ap y sns iexcePtlon y S q ordering help, etc er
I out OF position, some being bent. The be
! ran was broken off 10 feet Z inches All
IN the south end, the whole th
gun r.,,O OF the the rail being thirty feet tel
oms brought from Germany, were OF Res IL
Ter steel and laid five years ago. Steel | M,
s are In use here now that have been | ne
ea twenty years. In finding two or three rel
ak aks l think It impossible to tell which inll
ke first, or whether one caused the other
lot. l don't think but two places show
marks of wheels before reaching the an p1,
81 tfie Sa4ts WS iS
iidrks \. We're made by one nair ~ t an rec
, = WOULD De easy to distinguish ~ .ed, wit
omo , seI' II two sets Of trucks went ~ reg
the raar Os track any one can see eau
0 than ie"l anv eng n Of train sways around dec
KS got of the track before reaat gosI Palr OF p
lnent. The two ''traeksn shn..ns the int,
- os are only 6or inches from each IN oy ties
ce uinshackled after the cars stro ING
n tbeorr eABialns fully the reasons for fran
think the second was ON PiJbsent tba p9- ".o'
rea. ro ,aSs car dropped from the hridnaA nass
49, Ivuh oaI turned over as soon as II isst bndo
hnt ~ lnere Is no doubt in INV mem
he ahutmant al .,.s caI turned over when Il
on tne track, turning over tba 49, ears
iHs ils enem after One broken ionrr%oi %
81 On noois 70 nave gone off both sides Sir
rneds sM One wheel and journal Law w
sios 49,, s.s not at all smoked or
" nfheSroF Pondlng set lay on IT,
heSn laceQy the sAvSs>-,f.,st fro,, Nv cable
NiaiTeasehho AN T ehows nas aar INC lmReI
scratC,tori M he sh9I hail OF thsoi5, o. hari s,
could h:e doie by the engnii5pfng. as circle
no engL,a L,as passed over II the acci- and 7
dent. hndng the esAaek | am cratic
sure thale axe broke 10 ieefere the | cape
broken I Som. fragments the tbe rail Guesi
have been,ught way by curry seek I mini
ers, but n, have been removSSith my here
consent broke axle Is q 20 IN four and
inch iourna lade bSthe Pullman hnpany whe
Of ChicagoIt is,s wrought the | OF I
wheels beinGessed b hydraulic isure. | Sir
The truck v a sixsheel trucks the sion
broken journ. was Il the mlddhThe | Art
broken axle Won the irwar9 truS;hthe | huy
rear Pullman, Pilgrim and prQskNShe que
centre of 1.-THE lie. equdistant troihe Re,
wheels. The siety stnp was touibn | prs
feet before reaefag theroken ran. se i
ground shows wher, the emu eri
! before ff reaching se brie. Attention ny
! called TO an inclfnaton in = axle near pc AZ ~
Of fracture which hink vs. made by m
D | wheel behind passing over canhon D i'm
q | the axle broke. lncWelbiDl INC Aosio .or
/ GO pounds to the yard. Il few roads us1rs
! alheavier rail. Perces' engi was OF 4o lonS1
4 without tender which was I'm 80 to 81 TONS, I;
. White River Junction is theoint where az
4 cars are inspected. They anext lnspeetesu s
at Mortified, 50 miles fromsre, then q, ,'.s ~.
Albans, below here, at Winor and BelloMs
j. Falls. | thinkIthe common Rctice OF exam. exam.
4 ing wheels by humping tim Is aiii1vrss lrra
n wholly useless because Of thmaterlai' ny in0
: thump does not test the AK, they Deins
" separate parts. c..,nacti-
2 | cut River road, testified thatl his Judglnen
: the accident was caused by broken axle.
Superintendent George Tod Of the nortil
ern division Of the Boston Lowell, AM
o James p. Gordon, master meaanlc anu ~. |.
% builder of the Concord, also estihed that Il
their opinion the wreck wa caused ~
q broken axle, rather than by abroken ran.
n Nearly all of the Witnesses declared tna
all systems Of heating and ligitlng cars weI
10 defective but that the best appliances know
n were used on the wrecked traiI.
d Andrew Bean, conductor or the Dos.V
and Lowell night train Fridaynight, TEST
fed that he brought into WhiteRiy Jun
tion on that train just 81 passengers, ~ =,
the 'Pilgrim," two in the smoker ana u
rest in the passenger car, and delivered Ihe
l. here to the Central Vermont read.